After you have completed the intended manual operation with this cartridge, follow the procedure outlined in the next subsection, Unloading a Cartridge from Drive, if you are going to unload the cartridge from the drive and remove it from the library.
❐Return the Scalar 458 Library to the
Unloading a Cartridge from Drive
This description of this procedure assumes that the cartridge you wish to unload from a drive has been loaded into the drive, since you should not normally have to manually unload a cartridge that has been loaded by application software. It is further assumed that the cartridge is in the drive, has been logically unloaded by the application software*, the library is in
*If the application software has not logically unloaded the tape, you will need to open the door,
❐Use the DOWN key to move to the Pick From Drive function. Press the ENTER key. The display will now show:
❐Use the DOWN key to move to the Drive Row field. Use the UP or DOWN 
key to select the row the drive is in. Use the RIGHT key to move to the Drv field. Use the UP or DOWN keys to select the drive. Press ENTER. The drive will automatically unload the tape and then eject it. When the drive has ejected the cartridge completely, the Media Picker will pick the cartridge from the drive.
❐Use the DOWN key to move to the Place In Mailbox function. Press the ENTER key.
The display will now show:
❐Use the DOWN key to move to the MB Row field. Use the UP or DOWN key to select the Mailbox row that you want to use. Use the RIGHT key to move to the Slot field. Use the UP or DOWN keys to select the slot you wish to place the cartridge in. Press ENTER to have the Media Picker place the cartridge into the Mailbox slot.
❐After the Media Picker has completed placing the cartridge in the slot, open the appropriate access control door and remove the cartridge from the Mailbox. Close the access control door.
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